LEADER 02790oam 22006374a 450 001 996379038803316 005 20210915050147.0 010 $a1-5017-5229-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501752285 035 $a(CKB)5590000000002978 035 $a(OCoLC)1141038618 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse85331 035 $a(DE-B1597)546027 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501752285 035 $a(OCoLC)1224278083 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6027394 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6027394 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000002978 100 $a20200203d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Audacious Raconteur$eSovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India /$fLeela Prasad 210 1$aIthaca [New York] :$cCornell University Press,$d2020. 210 4$dİ2020. 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource) 311 $a1-5017-5228-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : "An Acre of Ground" -- The Ruse of Colonial Modernity : Anna Liberata de Souza -- The History of the English Empire as a Fall : P.V. Ramaswami Raju -- The Subjective Scientific Method : M.N. Venkataswami -- The Irony of the "Native Scholar" : S.M. Natesa Sastri -- Conclusion : The Sovereign Self. 330 $a"The Audacious Raconteur tells the story of how between 1868 and 1930, four unknown Indian raconteurs, who were political subjects of a colonial regime, audaciously claimed sovereignty through their rambunctious storytelling and put empire in its place"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aImperialism in literature 606 $aPolitics and literature$zIndia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitics and literature$zIndia$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aStorytelling$xPolitical aspects$zIndia 606 $aLiterature and society$zIndia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLiterature and society$zIndia$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aIndia$xIntellectual life$y20th century 607 $aIndia$xIntellectual life$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aImperialism, colonial modernity, Storytelling/Narrative, Oral history, Native scholar. 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aStorytelling$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 676 $a809/.8954 700 $aPrasad$b Leela$0987730 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996379038803316 996 $aThe Audacious Raconteur$92493398 997 $aUNISA